COMSATS Secretariat, in collaboration M/S KhasTech Solutions (KTS), successfully organized a five-day training workshop on Cloud Solution Implementation at Data Centre that concluded on August 28, 2024. The activity was organized under the framework of MoU signed between two organizations on May 16, 2024, aimed at collaborating to developing IT enabled solutions and conduct professional capacity building programs. HRD in various fields including Information and Communication Technology (ICT), DevSecOps, Information and Cyber Security (I&CS), Management, Business, Health, Cloud Computing, Medicine and related technologies are the focus.
The workshop was a part of a technology upgrade measures under the initiative of Executive Director, Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, for operational improvements of the existing infrastructure at CIS-Data Centre and as part of capacity building of technical team at CIS for upskilling their operational capabilities.
The training was designed to update the skills and expertise of the COMSATS Internet Services (CIS) to optimally use the newly installed and implemented infrastructure. The participants from different operational departments benefited from the training.
The closing ceremony held on August 28, 2024 and Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, Executive Director COMSATS along with Dr. Ashraf Masood, CEO KTS, distributed the training certificate among the participants. The Executive Director expressed satisfaction over the completion of the training and hoped that skills and experiences gained during this training will prove to be invaluable in performing professional assignments.
COMSATS’ initiative of datacenter upgradation with competent professionals has enabled CIS to offer number of advantages to its current and potential users including, enhanced data security and integrity; increased uptime; disaster recovery; high performance computing, high availability; scalability; increased reliability; and optimized networking. These services are also being offered to COMSATS’ Member States.
